Human nature is fond of novelty.
PLINY THE ELDERMost men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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In wine there is health.
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The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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